The Grand Canyon State bucked President Obama’s federal gun control policy on Tuesday, signaling a significant victory for the Second Amendment.

The Arizona State Senate gave the green light to SB 1330, better known as “The Second Amendment Preservation Act.” The bill “is a simple yet powerful tool to nullify federal gun ‘laws,’ rules and regulations by withdrawing state enforcement and support for these federal acts,” as described by the Tenth Amendment Center. “The legislation is drafted so as to be introduced and passed as a step-by-step approach, with each step building on the last until all federal gun control is rendered unenforceable and effectively null and void in the state.”

The Arizona Republic pointed out that, while SB 1330 was approved by the state Senate in a voice vote, a full roll call vote is required to approve the measure. It would then go to the state House of Representatives before it arrives on the desk of Gov. Doug Ducey (R), who was sworn in earlier this year.

The bill is in concert with the Tenth Amendment Center’s Shall Not campaign to protect the Second Amendment, which states, “Not only does the federal government lack constitutional authority to regulate firearms, but the Second Amendment expressly prohibits any actions that ‘infringe’ on the right to keep and bear arms, even if done while exercising a legitimate power.”

Republican state Sen. Kelli Ward is SB 1330’s principal’s sponsor. “We’ve sat back and allowed the federal government to trample the Constitution long enough. We’re going to pass this bill and stop the state of Arizona from helping the feds violate your rights,” Ward said last month, according to The Examiner.

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Ward is also the sponsor of SB 1460, which would terminate Arizona’s ban on sawed-off shotguns and silencers. Arizona’s House of Representatives passed House Bill 2320, allowing for concealed weapons at public events and in public buildings, The Arizona Republic noted.

Ducey, who expressed support for the Second Amendment during his campaign, has not spoken publicly about any of the aforementioned bills.